People

Principal Investigator: Chenxin Li, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University (2025- )
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, University of Georgia (2024-2025)
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Georgia (2021-2024)
PhD. Plant Biology, University of California, Davis (2021)
BSc. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis (2015)

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Postdocs

Dr. Haoyang Xin

Postdoctoral Associate, Michigan State University (2021 -)
Ph.D. Tree Genetics & Breeding, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2020
MS Tree Genetics & Breeding, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2016
BSc. Landscape Architechture, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2013

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Dr. Sungkyu Park

Postdoctoral Associate, Michigan State University (2026 -)
Postdoctoral Associate, Texas A&M University (2025)
PhD. Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University (2025)
MS. Crop Science, Konkuk University, South Korea (2018)
BSc. Applied Bioscience, Konkuk University, South Korea (2016)

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Graduate students

Keming Su

MS Plant Science, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (2023)
BSc. Plant Science, University of California, Davis (2020)

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Technician & staff members

Technician & Lab manager: Yanting Li